Not posting since August seems absurd, and anyone avoiding, not paying attention, or ignoring these posts agrees. I’ve learned a lesson: write what matters to me. That seems risky at times because I wonder if what matters to me matters to my readers.

So, here’s what I’m going to do. This blog format will change within the next few weeks. The focus of entries changes with the upgrade.

Echievements.com is an article directory. Authors submit articles to demonstrate expertise and to advertise their service or product. Echievements offers authors and webmasters one place, among many, to spread information and to get links back to their sites. 

Some articles are well-written; some are distracting. Echievements will provide writing-tools for authors. We can all learn to write better. As my undergraduate Greek professor said, “Results increase as efforts decrease over extended rehearsals.” The Greeks had a saying “practice is everything”.  

Sometimes I wonder what I’m practicing, and what the Echievements authors intend. There’s a lot of grasping on the Internet. Grasping for ideas, a quick buck, and internet marketing secrets. Few of us have an inner understanding of what makes us tick. The folks who do succeed (both online and offline). 

Emerson said, “Masses of men (people: men & women) live quiet lives of desperation.” For what reasons? Many people waste hours in traffic jams; only their bumper sticker reveals a common motivation. “I owe, I owe; off to work I go.”

Not many get excited about their daily commute. Their single solace is knowing each day brings them closer to retirement. How come most of us don’t get too excited about our work (the one place we spend most of our life)? 

I think most of us don’t know what makes us tick.  The Echievements Writer’s Bin/Blog will now focus on how to write clearly. Every tool provided will give you writing resources. Writing is work and work can become joyful rather than drudgery. 

If words, content, article writing, white papers, blogs, and copywriting mean something, then check here often. I am commited to improving my writing, and you might benefit from some of what you find at the Echievements Writer’s Bin.

When writing goals I attempt making them “SMART”

*S-specific

*M-measurable

*A-attainable

*R-realistic

*T-timed

Second, I write them in the first person; my goals are all about me, what “I am”. This may seem rather simple and obvious, but perhaps not for you. Certainly took me awhile to figure the value of writing first person singular goal affirmations.

Third, I write goals in the active tense telling myself what I am doing now, even though I’m not doing “it” yet. Present active tense, saying something for myself as though that circumstance is “present” makes the goal more alive, dynamic, and real. I get tired of what “will be”; I want it now, and my imagination makes “now” possible.

No matter what, write what you want about yourself. Make it positive and hopeful. In fact, you might follow this guideline or rubric for what you write about yourself. Your goal statements should include assertions that are:

*True

*Honest

*Just (not overly self-critical)

*Pure (good for body and mind)

*Loving (always bringing what is best to others in your circle)

*Good Report (always seeing, expecting, and hoping for good news)

Most importantly, write your goals. Everyone seems to have some fragmented idea of goals, but only 3% of us write them. I choose to be in the 3%, and you?